Executive Order 5783 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5783—Enlarging the Bamforth Lake Migratory Bird Refuge, Wyoming

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Friday, January 29, 1932

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2 min read (320 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1932-01-29, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Enlarging the Bamforth Lake Migratory Bird Refuge, Wyoming." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ That the following-described area in Albany County, Wyo., be, and the same is hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and wild animals, subject to existing valid rights: Sixth Principal Meridian T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

320

1,809 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5783, Herbert Hoover (Jan 29, 1932). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5783-enlarging-the-bamforth-lake-migratory-bird-refuge-wyoming.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

It is hereby ordered that the following-described area in Albany County, Wyo., be, and the same is hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and wild animals, subject to existing valid rights: Sixth Principal Meridian T. 16 N., R. 74 W., sec. 6, lots 3, 4, 5, and SE. ¼ NW. ¼. The lands involved are an addition to the Bamforth Lake Migratory Bird Refuge, which is being acquired under authority of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of February 18, 1929 (45 Stat. 1222-1226; U.S. Code, Supp. IV, title 16, ch. 7a), It is unlawful within this reservation (a) to hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any wild animal or bird of any kind whatever, to take or destroy the nests or eggs of any wild bird, to occupy or use any part of the reservation, or to enter thereon for any purpose, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture; (b) to cut, bum, or destroy any timber, underbrush, grass, or other natural growth; (c) willfully to leave fire or to suffer it to burn unattended near any forest, timber, or other inflammable material; (d) after building a fire in or near any forest, timber, or other inflammable material, to leave it without totally extinguishing it; and (e) willfully to injure, molest, or destroy any property of the United States. Warning is given to all persons not to commit any of the acts herein enumerated, under the penalties prescribed by sections 106, 107, and 145 of chapter 4, title 18, United States Code (35 Stat. 1088, 1098, and 43 Stat. 98), or by section 10 of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of February 18, 1929 (45 Stat. 1222, 1224; U.S. Code, Supp. IV, title 16, ch. 7a, sec. 715i). HERBERT HOOVER The White House, January 29, 1932.